Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession | IILP

Join Dolores Atencio - a renowned lawyer, scholar and activist, a panel of modern-day Latina trailblazers and the Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession | IILP at our Hispanic Heritage Month Webinar “𝗟𝘂𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝘀: 𝗟𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝟭𝟬𝟬 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗟𝗮𝘄𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀” on September 17, 2024. 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM (PDT) | 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM (CDT) | 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM (EDT) 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 Dolores Atencio, Visiting Scholar, University of Denver, Latinx Center, Sturm College of Law 𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹 • Elizabeth Bodamer, JD, PhD, Director of Research, Law School Admission Council • Nora Garrote, Partner, Venable (Ret.) • Nuris Portuondo, Executive Director and Assistant General Counsel, JPMorgan Chase & Co. • Lola Velazquez-Aguilu, Vice President, Chief Legal Counsel, and Chief of Staff - Neuromodulation, Medtronic > Visit https://lnkd.in/gg2Yr6QP for event information and registration. #hispanicheritagemonth #latinalawyers #latinalawyer #iilp #hispanicheritage #dei #diversityinlaw #webinar

𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐧-𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐥 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐃𝐄𝐈 If DEI is a core value for you and your company, and you work with small and mid-size law firms OR smaller offices of large law firms which are not as diverse as you (and they) might like, And you want to: 1. understand the law and current legal state around DEI 2. pursue and implement intentional strategies that are especially relevant for small and mid-size law firms and the smaller offices of large law firms 3. learn how to drive these firms to implement innovative and impactful DEI efforts and deliver on their DEI objectives in ways that remain legal under the law 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝐍𝐨 𝐂𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: Sep 9 2024  𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞: 8:30 AM - 6:00 PM (PDT) 𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Palo Alto Networks, Santa Clara, CA *It is intended to be a small group discussion and will NOT be recorded. 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 & 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬: Opening Remarks – Bruce Byrd, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Palo Alto Networks and Chair, Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession | IILP 𝑃𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑙 1 • Susan Eandi, Chair, North America Employment and Compensation Practice Group, Baker & McKenzie LLP • Pamela Enslen, Executive Director, California LAW Pathways • Erica Kelley (Moderator), Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, Palo Alto Networks • Joan Toth, Executive Director, ChIPs 𝑃𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑙 2 • Kim Amrine (Moderator), Kim Amrine Consulting LLC • Tiana Mykkeltvedt, Partner, Bondurant Mixson & Elmore LLP • Binal Patel, Former President and Partner, Banner Witcoff Ltd. • Kate Roin, Partner, Bartlit Beck LLP • Regina Speed-Bost, Founder and Managing Partner, SB Law PLLC OR • Mark Tratos, Founding Shareholder, Las Vegas Office, Greenberg Traurig 𝐿𝑢𝑛𝑐ℎ 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 • Rob Mobassaly, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Juniper Networks • Linda Chanow, COO, Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession 𝑃𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑙 3 • Kim Amrine, Kim Amrine Consulting LLC • Thomas Chow, Chief Legal Officer, Chia Network • Mary Catherine Malley, Assistant General Counsel, Juniper Networks • Sandra Yamate, CEO, Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession >> 𝑭𝑶𝑹 𝑴𝑶𝑹𝑬 𝑰𝑵𝑭𝑶𝑹𝑴𝑨𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵 𝑨𝑵𝑫 𝑻𝑶 𝑹𝑬𝑮𝑰𝑺𝑻𝑬𝑹 - 𝑪𝑳𝑰𝑪𝑲 𝑶𝑵 𝑰𝑴𝑨𝑮𝑬 #DEIinLaw #LawFirmDiversity #DEIStrategy #InHouseCounsel

𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐧-𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐥 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐃𝐄𝐈: if you are interested in 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒆𝒔 that will help your organization’s DEI work, join IILP and a group of corporate legal department leaders on September 9 for our program designed to equip you with the knowledge and strategies to advance DEI in your partnerships with small and mid-size law firms, and smaller offices of large firms, while navigating the current legal landscape. Visit the IILP website for program agenda, speakers and to register. This program is open to in-house counsel only. It is intended to be a small group discussion and will NOT be recorded. https://lnkd.in/grY4E2E2

A HUGE THANK YOU to Norton Rose Fulbright for hosting an 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙤 𝙩𝙤 𝙄𝙄𝙇𝙋 reception for the Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession | IILP in the Legal Profession in your stunning Dallas offices! Our Chair, Bruce Byrd, Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Palo Alto Networks, wanted an opportunity to tell friends and colleagues in Dallas about IILP and, in doing so, expand the circles of people who know about us and would appreciate the different DEI model that we represent and the impact of our work. It helped a lot that two members of our Advisory Board, Lysha Weston from AT&T and Alan Dorantes from T-Mobile were also able to join us and share why they find it worthwhile to devote their time and energy to working with IILP. And, we were thrilled to have the added stature of other DEI leaders like Kristin Bauer, the President of the National Association of Women Lawyers and Michael Massiatte, co-Chair of the Hispanic/Latino Resource Group at DLA Piper, join us. It proved to be a nice opportunity to engage in some atypical cocktail conversations about why the legal profession hasn’t had greater DEI success and how we should address it going forward. While one theme of our work has always been that IILP is different, it was gratifying to hear so many of our guests spontaneously reaching the same conclusion and their eagerness and willingness to hear (and do) more. Thanks to everyone who attended! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU Brett C. Govett, Madison Armstrong, Gina Compton, CMP, Jeff Cody and Dwayne Lawton, Cassie Johnstone and Rosalinda Rodriguez who kindly helped us haul the leftover swag back to the car! We couldn’t be happier with how it all went! Looking forward to more collaborations with Norton Rose Fulbright. 1234 #iilp #theiilp #inclusion #DEI #inclusioninlaw #legalprofession #lawyers #legal #law #nortonrosefulbright #leadership

School’s back in session! The Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession | IILP’s award-winning -- we can say that now, thank you very much American Bar Association Standing Committee on Professionalism, Julia Roundtree Livingston, and Joseph Bruno -- law school class “𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗔 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆” with Loyola University Chicago School of Law is back with its largest enrollment yet! And this semester, much more of the class is being conducted in-person as opposed to the entirely virtual format used when we started the class in 2020 during the Pandemic! The class is being co-taught by IILP CEO Sandra Yamate and IILP Advisory Board Member Josie Gough and uses a lens of professionalism to explain DEI in the legal profession, address the challenges it is facing, explore the strategies to advance it, and empower law students to consider how they can continue to move DEI forward in the legal profession and beyond. No surprise that over the years, many of the guest speakers have described it as “the law school course they wish they’d had!”   Session One featured welcoming remarks from Illinois Appellate Justice, Hon. Sanjay Tailor; Carla Madeleine Kupe, Esq. (She/Sie/Elle/Ella) the Chief Equity Officer for the City of Chicago; Tania Luma, Loyola’s assistant dean for the law school’s Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; and former class member Suet Lee, now an associate at Irvin IP LLP. Then work began with an overview of the current demographics of the legal profession and a discussion about language and terminology in DEI. We’re off to a great start and looking forward to a dynamic and thought-provoking semester! #lawschool #DEI #iilp #lawcourse #loyola #aba #theiilp #legalprofession #lawstudents #legal #inclusion #diversity #empower

We are thrilled to recognize career milestones of three talented lawyers from Cohort 1 of Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession | IILP's 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝘂𝗯𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 program, * Katie Larkin-Wong has become 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿, 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 at DoorDash. * Fatema Merchant, Co-Managing Partner at Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, DC, has been named one of the “𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗿” by Women's Bar Association of the District of Columbia. * Peter O'Neill, Associate at Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. has been recognized as Best Lawyers "𝗢𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵". 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙆𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙚, 𝙁𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙖 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙋𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙧! All the best in fostering thought leadership, thinking outside the box, challenging the status quo and driving forward new, impactful ideas to address social challenges in the legal field! Bendita Cynthia Malakia, Esq., CPC, ELI-MP, Aneesh M., Corey Laplante, Collette Woghiren, Esq., Jay Mitchell (CIPP/US, CIPT, CIPM, FIP), Rachel Hodge, Keny Zurita, Edward Toyozaki, Kathryn-Ann Bloomfield, Dashika Wellington #legalcareer #bestlawyers #starsofthebar #onestowatch #iilp #theiilp #inclusion #socialimpact #incubator #lawyerlife #lawyers #legalfield

𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗞 𝗬𝗢𝗨! A huge thank you to the 𝗔𝗕𝗔 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺 and the 𝗘. 𝗦𝗺𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺 for bestowing the 2024 E. Smythe Gambrell Professionalism Award upon the Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession | IILP and Loyola University Chicago School of Law for our class, “𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗔 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆.” This class is a labor of love as we seek to educate law students to better understand why DEI is a critical component of professionalism; the barriers and obstacles to, the strategies for, and the achievements of DEI in the legal profession; and how they, as students and young lawyers, can be empowered to advance DEI in meaningful ways. As we prepare to embark upon the 4th year of offering this class, receiving this award has been a welcome validation that we’re not the only ones who believe in its mission. Thank you SO much to our CEO, Sandra Yamate, and Advisory Board Member Josie Gough, who take the laboring oar and teach the class, the administration and staff at Loyola, especially Dean Michèle Alexandre and all the lawyers who volunteer as guest speakers and advisors for our students. Thank you also to Stephanie Villinski from the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism and Joseph Bruno from the American Bar Association Center for Professional Responsibility; we at IILP look forward to future partnering with both of you! Thank you to Erika Harold for the lovely bouquets for Sandra and Josie and for serving as inspiration for greater professionalism in our profession. And thanks to the National Conference of Bar Presidents and Robin Wolpert for presenting the award during their Annual Meeting luncheon. Any opportunity to be part of something with NCBP is enjoyable! Lastly, as a point of personal privilege: All of us at IILP want to express our gratitude and admiration for the NAPABA Law Foundation members who took the time to not only show up at the awards luncheon but managed to keep their plans to attend A 𝗦𝗘𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗧 and truly SURPRISE Sandra. That was no easy feat, but you did it! Someday, you must tell us how. 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗞 𝗬𝗢𝗨! Your attendance was a visible statement of your love and support. And the gorgeous orchid leis you brought were the piece de resistance! We know Sandra appreciated it and we’re grateful to you for doing it. Alan Tse; Judy Lam; Sid Kanazawa; Paul Hirose; Janet J. Lee; Yankun Guo; Sonni Williams; Anna Lloyd; Amy Meyerson; Joseph Yao Linda Chanow; Regina Speed-Bost; Jennifer Alice Jackson; Avani Patel‎, Nishan Ardon Marc Firestone; Michael Wagner; Madeleine McDonough; John Mathias; Sharon E. Jones, Floyd Holloway, Jr., Kim Hogrefe, Michael Hatfield, Elisa Garcia, Bruce Byrd #IILP #LoyolaChicago #lawschool #ABA #NAPABA #Professionalism #DEI #NCBP #diversityequityinclusion

Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession | IILP’s Avani Patel‎ attended the South Asian Bar Association (SABA) of North America Annual Convention in Toronto where she got to catch up with a member of our Social Impact Incubator Cohort 1, Aneesh M.! One of the nicest things about bar meetings is the opportunity to see old friends! Katie Larkin-Wong; Jen Won; Fatema Merchant; Bendita Cynthia Malakia, Esq., CPC, ELI-MP; Molly Wiltshire; Eunkyung Kim Shin (김은경); Peter O'Neill; Derek Ishikawa; Deanna K.; Rachel Hodge; Dashika Wellington; Kathryn-Ann Bloomfield; Sandra Yamate; Linda Chanow; Regina Speed-Bost; Jennifer Alice Jackson; Avani Patel‎; Nishan Ardon #IILP #SABA #LawyerLife #SocialImpact #Inclusion #LegalProfession

Congratulations to Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession | IILP Board Member Lorraine McGowen of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on being named to Savoy Magazine’s Most Influential Lawyers List. We are so NOT surprised but we’re delighted to see Lorraine getting some well-deserved accolades! Congratulations! Marc Firestone, Sandra Yamate, Michael Wagner, Madeleine McDonough, John Mathias, Sharon E. Jones, Floyd Holloway, Jr., Kim Hogrefe, Michael Hatfield, Elisa Garcia, Bruce Byrd Linda Chanow, Regina Speed-Bost, Jennifer Alice Jackson, Avani Patel‎, Nishan Ardon #savoy #law #counsel #lawyers #iilp

All of us at the Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession | IILP are beyond thrilled to be selected to receive the 2024 𝗘. 𝗦𝗺𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 from the American Bar Association 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺. The Award “recognizes the nation’s exemplary, innovative, and on-going professionalism programs established by law schools, bar associations, courts and other not-for-profit legal organiza­tions that help ensure the maintenance of the highest principles of integrity and dedication to the legal profession and the public.” IILP and its partner, Loyola University Chicago Law School, are being recognized for creating a unique law school course: Diversity and Inclusion: A Social and Professional Responsibility which teaches law students about DEI in the legal profession through a lens of professionalism. The Award Judges and Committee noted that they found our class “stands out for its deep commitment to educating students about diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts and challenges within the legal profession and prepare students to be effective and knowledgeable DEI proponents during law school and beyond.” The Award will be presented during the 𝗔𝗕𝗔 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 at the National Conference of Bar Presidents 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗟𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗼𝗻 on August 2.   Thank you to the Award Judges and Committee for this recognition. We are grateful to Josie Gough and Loyola University Chicago School of Law for being such great partners in presenting this class. Thank you to the many lawyers and friends who serve as guest speakers for our class and our impressive law students! We look forward to the start of the fall semester when we will be teaching the course again to our largest class yet! Marc Firestone, Sandra Yamate, Michael Wagner, Lorraine McGowen, Madeleine McDonough, John Mathias, Sharon E. Jones, Floyd Holloway, Jr., Kim Hogrefe, Michael Hatfield, Elisa Garcia, Bruce Byrd Linda Chanow, Regina Speed-Bost, Jennifer Alice Jackson, Avani Patel‎, Nishan Ardon #ABA #LoyolaChicago #iilp #theiilp #legalstudies #lawstudent #DEI #diversity #inclusion #lawschool #lawstudents #legalprofession #lawyer